Autumn Equinox, the balancing of the scales, the days and nights are equal, after this the darkness wins over the light.
We now "fall" into darkness, into the lower semi-cycle, the women with the 12 stars and her foot on the moon, (virgo) and the scales in Libra will weigh the harvest.
23rd Spring equinox, 23rd Autumn Equinox, and the earths axis is 23 degrees. The two rings of the celestial and earth equator cross at these two points of the year. This is important to them as they see us being closest to the heavenly realms during these times of the year. What happens in heaven happens on earth, as above so below. Ezekiel "The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel." A face like a bull (Taurus), a face like a man (aquarius) a face like a lion (leo) a face like a eagle (scorpio), the four fixed signs of the zodiac, we have a clock for all, hours, months, years, aeons. 4 months, 3 signs in a month each sign is 30' or 30 days, 12 sign, hours, tribes or disciples, 30 x 12 = 360 a circle, the wheel of the year.